Intern!. F&AM Masons Held 5th Convention With Eastern Stars, District No. 4TW lat*raatioael F&AM Masons and Order ot | S u n at District #4 recently held lU !Vth annual

M reM hw TW Distrirt waa *itr*m*ly happy lu Wee I ' attendance ha Male Grand Master. Bro Roy T.Floyd sf Now York City and ila Mate (Irani Matron. IX. Effle (Irani, also of N Y C -

TW Mate heada wore reertv d hy IHatrirt Master. Bro Willie Ray Fahner and Dtst rari Matron Ma Fete Ila Conway la thia Dtatr irt

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York State

T W event waa ia^pwed hy a banquet at theS u tle r Hihna Hotel

Gfflrrr* shown in the photo are: Sia I on way,It M No 4 S .« Non Minor A D M Nr. 4. Ma (Rhe iowea Q H No 4. Bro Roy T Floyd G M..

N Y f*.; Ray Fainter. II M ., Nn 4; Albert C .J .C .P ., and RuCua Brsntly. p l l M Other Brothers and Hiatera ahown are Irotn varioua lodge* In the W estern New York area

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Defense Spending And The Budget

By B A tA tU f UVtfTIN o4 flwwr» y

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th# sffertivs Under anodsUM specially important talent the ability to clearly id*fit]£» nud MP oiptMpm**\

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many years wy point According to my I soon teamed that cdd friend, President

Carter ii proposed defense budget hne tnrrssssd enormously. Hut upon checking the torn, I discovered that the pro­posed inrrsnsss smount to only 3% after accounting tor in Ret ion Furthermore, while thumbing through a report from the Congressional Budget Of­fice. I found that defense spending has become a relatively minor eotn- pmwmt in term s of our overall economy Back in 1988. for instance, the military rnm ium ed 44

Founder’s Day Guest Speaker

Kemp Backs AFL-CtO's Court Challenge Against

Wage & Price Controls

Racism Check-Mates Society SeeksW. L. Jones To PromoteBy JhBlH LLAH U t f h l tN

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af the court tanef m support nf IW A JVCtO •

___________ snd pollI problem* Without taker, for discernm ent.

it is all loo easy to wests oranuu* time and re-

fighting mirages tW real

This a l l ______________ecauas a liberal friend of Um recently aaeartad

Carter s

Msany ennnnem d rw-cmmtiy tk * Ihe AFU-CJO •ril t h m s n challenge

4 " l „ . , . . t ___ eS-UfcUTj ‘••'I uMlflMf WMWWcontracts in firm* wheck tail to comply wtth the

U n . i of W aW r L turn

T W A tlrC K ) cam Untie# to stand as o

iwark against am unpn ,bring about a wnrtroflsd m tarhs the

grouuneii budget cute are Uad directly to I

ee strandings p e n tb ^ te e Penta

M w y federaldollar, in 19B0. however tt will consume 34 rents. Twelve years ago, we

9.6% of our Qroesthe adoration budget, the spent 9.6% of o<Weeing budget, or the National Product on the1— ------- budget. military, whereas in I9B0

W noted we will spend about 6%.By contraat, the Soviet Union, currently spends between 11% end 1.1 % of its ONP on military hard-

E 4.If all thia true.

Carter s austerity budget weuid W to attach military

end call hv • of a large portion

of ie fsn es budget to social welfare programs At first

MCie se i la the defense bu dget the real reason for Pfew d t ia C a rte rs pro­poned cutbacks r t social spe eding -' TW answer. I

In pointing to theae facts I am not saying that the defeane budget ia Incon sequential or too small Rather. I am arguing that it is highly dargeroua — in deed suicidal - to piuime into the ffmy over the budget with a warped view of hank realities ta d the moat basic reality.

Aiu ea I s m it. is that President Carter did not slash social spending in order to bolster (he military; he

REV WILLIAM BUNTON

TW g n a t annual Founder s Day. honoring Df W E D leant founder of the R T U . wtH be held af Trinity Rapti* Church. 41 Spruce St.. Sunday. March 11, at t p.m

Rev. WUliam Bunion pastor of the Antiorh Baptist Church, will bn the jfueat tmmmkmr

M r i f m m i Callahan is C halipono i; Mrs FVws H Parker ia General Program Chairperson; Rev Joseph Deris, pastor

All are invited lo attend

Coagrnas and I M auri lu

(toys CaM trucuou w not (Suing tW work th * W L Jones turi an but H shows

eyetesnnucalh the h tnhngh t ot

use. « w said.Congress passed e law

a» th * all Americans could share tW bounties as well as the rwwponeihtilUwe of

r t e country where th*

P EHMR a BOTHne 1mJ LWUB km rasrt />n(in*>i turnL:. s mhe m ' * r, t ns rtrTr* ™ /* * * • F * e w S r n s i s l n r er Im s

With Ce (.1J Ikrwwn R-Ghrtl. Dave Stockman fR-M trh.l, Lyt* WiRiems (R-CJhrtl Dm Uuayte (R lad I, Tenny son ( luvsir M-Ohmi, John Rouses kit IR-Cal 1 and B*H W hitehurst |R-Va | and Ren H John Hnnu ID fR Pan I I have instructed attam eye tn prepare an smirue curia* brief WeManes M*hian L.>sMStinaa l i r D ipH W itsupport of lb* a A^CTO s challenge tn w h * we coneider an unconstitu Uonai violation of the separetion of powers be

ie MW aaymg wet etreate

I* FTWWII “►efusal ta

th r value of Its i arrow y b f lm n s means there is too much money

sstt s ri *,«■ t L e Vhfn^atlCswRRVQ wy Ura |f«fv fl liHlr^nfnr the sovium of goods produced Inflation cannot n* cured by the govern­ment making a *rapogees out of the workers sdm prndur* goods ’ Kemp

currency te— i -i —A---JPNtl Ri|Vgf |tangibleof tne government be bona enough In fart, the mmtey of th* United Mates ts only barked by th* word of th* govern ment TW government said th * 10 4% of all government contract* m u* be don* by mi nor it* contractor* Walter Jones w m tW only minority contractor with enough guts tn put this Amenren law to the te * Rarialn in the form of bonding is being need in circumvent

the l a a .Whites with an mvea-m can describe the

concept to a bank and getmillions of dollar* te develop th* product Minorities m u* either aeR their idaas to ahitaa or bavv them stolen White author* a n h a story idaa can go th* bank and get a loan to research and writ# th* etory Minorittea gat laughed <>ui th* building

When I wa* a hoy. we could go to th* hank with •ft 00 and get enough gold to make a wedding band and a pan of earring* As e young nian, couple* would take money to th* bank and * n hang* money fm *tlve». then melt N into

l a ball Ina* egg) Today, 16 any* in jail

Goodwill

h w c t N irrro NNEW YORK - Former

M anhattan Hornugh R e ­sident Percy Mutton, a leading figure ui New York

g " " “ l l circles, ha*trying to gel aornethingfrom th* bank You would iw i hurged lor <1i*urbing th* peer*

( ongr*s* said give '"’Kanisatlon founded iaminoritie* )0 4% .‘ but In develop strongrecmm take* th* 10% end ‘dm etion cultural endgive* .4% Ui Unci* Tome and calls it ju*ic*!

pnlBiagl | ___ ______elected chairmen of the N igerien-Amaru-an friendship Sorietv an

foundeii in

Black Companies Support Insurance Designed For Less Wealthy

behave * "un.because W slnrerety be

— . . . b e v e s th * fiscal coneervsWhile M m certainly tru* usm is th* solution to

C arter's inflation end economic to-W egam * military

ulTWUHith* mirage, a

while

defense spending over and shove th* currant mflasiqn

Baa ra gkM tk^ i J — A iii w b runwm (wtbhw ^•d g * have been vastly~ * b* Ik* mite

TW organisation represent* 37 black-owned life insurance companies has spoken out sharply in support of insurance de­signed for leas wealthy families, following several recent criticisms of that form of business

Black people fall pri­

marily into low brackets I below I 910,000. and they and Southern whites are the principal buvers of home service or industrial Uf* insurance. Attv J. Mason Davis of Birmingham President of the National Insurance Assoc . said If this form of

which is void st tbe bom- snd collected r t the home was not avail­able. millions of American famili* vould b* without mean* ot m eeting the cart associated with*Davis said

His statem ent prompted by the

business ties lietween the two nations

The Society's widely diversified m em bership — including academic, com

Supt W. L Williamt Panes leaders f ro n f both tountries — is planning Ms first mrtor Nigerian American ( onfereryr* end Eshibition to roincid* with Nigeria a transition to e civilian government It will be held in Ortober. 1979. at the New York Hilton Hotel

antiquated form of eco- DEFENSK!fC

SPENDING Oe Pan* 31!

Speckd Education Conference ToBeHeld AtGeneseo

C o c n m u n d c r a n d f V e o d c n t

T o M a t o O f f i c i a l V i t oNear York Mete Coos

mender of th* American Ugfon Prank J OWnbre • J N Y l Prsslideu t of

i Legion Ausi- (Annt K

On March 9 & 10. the Qen eeeo chapter of tb* Council for Exceptionei Children will bold its 3rd annual 9peda) Education Conference r t tbe Genesee Mete College Campus

ir is Coun

ProgramChildren

osonaeJ dmner-denos will This year s topic be held r t th *starting st 6 30

0 * 'D p m. O w m hrsof

the Town of Tonewanda. and Prsstdsnt Moekwa of

N Y .Oflkrtl rirtt m Erie County r tS S d ' « m i ' ‘

srrsL^rssS i . ir? *

Workshop# end speek- e r t will dieruee such topics

yy. parental in- t. drug usage,

and the teacher as s counselor. TW sessions will be Said in the Qeneeeo State College Student ( M r t

The kevnote speaker is

Dr Robert 9togle. Mate Coordinator

and Youth Ser- i. Tennessee Dept of

Mental Health ana Re­tardation. speaking an

The Possible Dream Reaching and Teaching th* Difficult Child "

On Friday, March 9, there will be an Awards Dinner and Disco Dance in the Ballroom of th* Gene­see State College Student Union. The pnce for the dinner and dance is 66 50 per person. The dinner will begin st 6 p m . and dance st 10 p m

which three policyholder® were in ter­viewed, and by a report prepared by a staff mem­ber of the Federal Trade Commission Both at­tacked th* typically mod­est policies sola and serviced at the home as being costly Other insurance trade associa­tions also defended Home Service Insurance in the wake of these criticisms

Davis emphasized that there is no substitute insurance available for most of the km income people for whom its home service insurance was de­signed As to being costly. Davi* Mid the price of labor involved in weekly orI Insurance — See Pag* 7|

O d er W alter Lee WiffiamsServices were held for

the late Superintendent W alter Lee Williams. Mondav. Feb 5 1979. r t the Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ. Rev. George L Harris officiated

Elder Williams was bom on July 15. 189# in River Falls, Ala., to Mr and Mrs Morgan (Mary) Wil­liam* He marriedGenevieve Miller on Jan 16. 1916 and to this union one daughter. Ruby, was born, Sine was the tov of their lives, until she passed away

Elder William* called to the ministry, wa* ordained by the late

Bishop R R Hooker in Madieonvill* Ky. In his early evangelistic years he heram e e well-traveled minister carrying Ut* gos­pel throughout uie south­ern . mid-western snd eastern states

In 1946. Elder Williams began postering the Faith Tempi* C .O lT lC ., 601 Clinton Ht. in Buffalo He remained r t that sit* until urban renewal came through the area and the church moved to ita present location, 480 Hickory 9t. This indeed, was a very memorial event for the pastor and m em ­bers of Faith Temple When th e new church was purchased, it was don* with the support of tha assistant pastor. Elder George L Harris, dea­cons, trustee* and loyal m embers.

Supt W.i)iams serve d m W N Y for many year* under th# leadership Of the late Bishop W H Ship man and Mother Mavdi# Payton and continued with the present state Wader* Bishop C H McCoy Mother FJisaheih Wal ss long as his

ELDER W1UJAMS (Ceattaued O* Page 7)

F r i e n d s h i p

T o P r e s e n t

C o n c e r tH ie Friendship Baptist

Church will p resen t He AlMUVVTMn C oftSunday. March 4. r t 6 p m. This affair will utfc* ptar* in tha sanctuary of

Church, located M 409 Chntna M

The program w il ta chide special guest* 1%* Verson Commumtv O a k snd also Tb* Bell* of M

The pwhitr ia invBssi toftflnrtit th>fk VtVOIki fTlllBh Biaffair pleas* fola r t

The General Choir person of the event ia Robert Varner W w r ts Mrs Rachel Waker ts M mirter of Muatr sndl \ ,1.1; wn l f W IC l t v ' n i f T p e f S f i t V IMr* MurWo Psnsoa Rev A O tarias War* fo peelor